Digital Withdrawal: How Britain’s fast-growing tech sector can flourish in the face of Brexit December 2, 2018 The last five years have seen an extraordinary phenomenon. The powerhouse that is the UK tech sector has boomed to a value of more than £180bn, outpacing the sluggish UK economy as a whole. Want to buy clothes online? Asos and FarFetch are leading the world. Play games on your smartphone? You’ve probably enjoyed one made [...]
US judge seizes laptop of app boss who leaked Facebook info to British MPs December 2, 2018 The software company co-founder who released a trove of sensitive documents about Facebook to a parliamentary committee has been ordered by a US judge to turn in his electronic devices for inspection. San Mateo County judge V. Raymond Swope ordered Ted Kramer, the founder of Six4three – a now-defunct bikini-related app company – to pass [...]
Gove says government can win Brexit vote in parliament December 2, 2018 Environment secretary Michael Gove, a key ally of the Prime Minister, said he believes Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement will get through parliament despite signs of a growing revolt. By some estimates, over a hundred Conservative MPs are preparing to vote against May’s withdrawal agreement in parliament next week, paving the way for a crisis over how [...]
May faces contempt of parliament threat from Labour as Brexit legal advice leaks December 2, 2018 Theresa May is facing one of the greatest clashes of her premiership as MPs from across parliament contemplate accusing her of contempt of parliament over her refusal to publish legal advice she has received on Brexit. MPs may move against the Prime Minister tomorrow, with figures from the DUP, Labour, Liberal Democrats and SNP planning [...]
Shadow cabinet minister Kate Osamor resigns after alleged journalist threat December 1, 2018 Kate Osamor resigned today as secretary of state for international development, she announced on Twitter. Last night Osamor allegedly threatened a journalist who doorstepped her in relation to questions about how much she knew about her son's drugs conviction. In her statement Osamor said she had resigned "to concentrate on supporting my family through the difficult time we have [...]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urges Theresa May to avoid no-deal Brexit December 1, 2018 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has today asked Prime Minister Theresa May to do what she can to avoid a no-deal Brexit. Speaking at a bi-lateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina, Abe praised May for striking a deal with the EU. “I would like to once again ask for your [...]
Shadow Labour minister Kate Osamor allegedly threatens journalist with bat December 1, 2018 Labour frontbencher Kate Osamor allegedly threatened a journalist with a bat last night after she was doorstepped in relation to her son’s drug case. Osamor, 50, the MP for Edmonton and shadow secretary of state for international development, allegedly told the journalist to f*ck off, threatened him with a bat and threw a bucket of [...]
Crossrail and HS2 chair Sir Terry Morgan faces sack after costs spiral December 1, 2018 The chair of the Crossrail and HS2 infrastructure projects reportedly faces the sack over fears the rail link between London and Birmingham could exceed its £56bn budget by a large margin. Sir Terry Morgan has only been chair of HS2 for four months but could now be fired within weeks after his poor performance was [...]
Sam Gyimah resigns in protest at Theresa May’s “naive” Brexit deal December 1, 2018 Science and universities minister, Sam Gyimah, became the sixth minister to resign in protest at Theresa May's Brexit deal when he quit the government on Friday evening. It came after May announced that the UK was pulling out of the EU's Galileo satellite-navigation project, which Gyimah believes exposes the deal as "naive". The decision to pull out of the project came [...]
Mike Ashley acquires Intu property despite row with retail landlord over House of Fraser stores November 30, 2018 Mike Ashley has acquired a new property from Intu despite a public bust up with the retail landlord in which he threatened to withdraw 17 of his stores from their shopping centres. The billionaire has bought a long leasehold on the former BHS site in Derby from Intu, according to the Press Association. It comes just two [...]